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PDP condemns attack on Ekweremadu

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2019

The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the attack against immediate past Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, in Germany last Saturday. Ekweremadu was attacked by some members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Nuremberg, Germany, on Saturday. Ekweremadu

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2020 budget will be passed before end of the year- Lawan assures

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2019

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan has assured that Nigeria’s 2020 budget will be passed before the end of the year. He said this while speaking with newsmen after a meeting with Governor Aminu Bello Masari in Katsina. Lawan had earlier visited Buhari in Daura. The Senate President explained that the National Assembly is expecting the budget […]

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El-Zakzaky whisked to ‘unknown destination’: IMN cries

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2019

The banned Islamic Movement of Nigeria has expressed disappointment that its leader Sheikh El-Zakzaky was whisked away by the DSS, to an ‘unknown destination’ after his arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Friday afternoon. Its unhappiness stemmed from the media opportunity the security agencies allowed their man to miss, being interviewed by […]

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N3bn Contract scam: Oyo-Ita lands in hospital after grilling by EFCC

Daily Dispatch August 15, 2019

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, was on Wednesday hospitalized after she was grilled by the men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over an alleged N3billion contract scam. The grilling also bothered on another offence related to alleged abuse of duty tour allowance, money laundering […]

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Another pastor kidnapped in Kaduna, abductors give family 5 days ultimatum

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2019

Reverend Elisha Noma of Nigeria Baptist Church , Angwan Makiri, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen near Udawa, Chikun Local Government area of Kaduna State. This comes barely two weeks after a Pastor in charge of Living Faith Church, Angwan Romi, Kaduna, Jeremiah Omolewa was killed and his wife abducted. According to The Nation, armed kidnappers, numbering […]

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Breaking: Sanwo-Olu releases list of 13 more cabinet nominees

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2019

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, transmitted the final list of his cabinet nominees to the State House of Assembly. This is coming four weeks after the Governor sent the first batch of the list to the lawmakers for screening. Thirteen Commissioner- and Special Adviser-designates made the second list, which had already been […]